Dark, dry coniferous wood with a resinous, slightly smoky character. More concentrated and tenacious than cypress essential oil, with a deeper balsamic-woody base and less of the fresh needle-top brightness. Green facets emerge alongside a subtle leathery-earthy undertone.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin, page 143.
Cypress Concrete is a semi-solid, dark green to brownish-green mass.
The absolute yields 65 to 75% of alcohol-soluble absolute which is only slightly more liquid, unctuous and greener of color.
The odor of Cypress Absolute is lighter and more powerful than that of the concrete, with a powerful balsamic-fatty, sweet and pine-like character.
This product is far more interesting for ambre perfumes, chypres, colognes, pine fragrances etc. than is the essential oil.
The yield of essential oil by distillation of the leaves and twigs of Cypressus Sempervirens is comparatively small (0.2 to 0.39%). The steam distillation is quite time-consuming since it is necessary to continue the distillation until the high-boiling and more valuable constituents are carried over (12 to 18 hours at low steam pressure).